Memorial services for Benny Joe Clark, Sr., age 73, of Lindale are scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Singleton officiating. Mr. Clark died Friday, January 15, 2010 at his residence in Lindale. He was born on February 23, 1936 in Cooper, Texas, the son of the late Hiram Daniel, Jr. and Mary Lou Whitlock Clark and moved to Lindale in 1969. He was a Master Mason of over 50 years with Delta Lodge #1240 and was a self-employed General Contractor. Mr. Clark was preceded in death by his brother, Hiram Daniel Clark, III.

He is survived by his loving Wife, Lillian Clark of Lindale; Son, Benny J. "Skip Clark of Houston; Grandson, Christian Henning Clark of Houston; Cousins, Francis Cline of Sulphur Springs, Tommy Bennington of Tyler and Cathy Dansby of Grapevine; and by Nephews, Hiram Daniel Clark, IV of Mesquite and Michael Cris Clark of Mesquite.